RARE 'FALANGCAI' ENAMEL 'LOVERS' VASE QIANLONG MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD 民國 乾隆年製藍料底款 仁化、世寧及碧露章款 琺瑯彩西洋人物紋瓶 the body delicately painted with a western couple with golden hair resting under a large tree, a third female with exposed upper body peeking from the bush, the reverse inscribed with an inscription and three seals, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark in double square in blue enamel (23cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private European collection Note: a closely comparable famille rose garlic-head vase with similar decoration and the same inscription and marks, dated to the Republic period, was sold from Sotheby's Hong Kong on 2nd November 1994, lot 215 then in Beijing Poly auction during 4th-5th November 2021, lot 1301.